Success is Predictable
There’s less to learn when luck is involved
A man once entered the market selling frozen fish and he ended up becoming one of the Richest Men in Nigeria back in 1970s, lending and trading in most African countries. The beautiful thing is he didn’t come from wealth and he almost certainly didn’t go to the University. Till today he’s family is one of the richest yet silent dynasty in the country.
How much did he need to learn to make that happen ? Answer : close to zero. He didn’t need to learn anything , he only needed to be lucky, right place , right timing and a readiness to work , a one chance amidst many.
How many people can be that lucky ? Answer : certainly close to zero , because it’s 1 in a ten thousand people pool. There is nothing strategic about luck.
What are the chances of becoming that great and even greater through strategy and so level of predictability? Answers : 100 in every 1000 people pool.
That’s how crazy learning and being strategic is. Luck won’t save 200 Million persons at a go. But strategy can. Learning and growing can.
Question : How did he learn to do business that well that he turned selling frozen fish to a global business ? Answer : by chance on the work.
Question : How did he get capital ?
Ans : He was lucky to have privileged business partner. Who introduced him to that line of business in the first place.
Don’t live a skeptical life or a life that’s expecting chance to happen, rather Live strategically with some level of predictability. The previous generation with their level of hope for chance at becoming great , never arrived there , the chances you’ll arrive there is close to zero. Luck is for one person not necessarily for others , because the more luck there is to a thing , the less there can be learnt from it.
Read more about Michael Ibru online , the more you learn about successful people, the more you learn about where the learn ought to confluence for you to become great and successful. Must not be a game of chance all the time, if it must be , then play an upper hand so it’s you and its predictable to a great degree so other can replicate your result.
